Local Arts

What is kindness? And how do you interpret it on a canvas? That was the three-week experiment last month between graphic artist and writer Joseph Bankier and 29 students in Kelly Selden's Art 10 class at Riverside secondary in Port Coquitlam.

A Port Coquitlam-based producer reeled in seven nominations for Leo Awards last week for his flick. Tim Puolitaipale of Citizen 11 Entertainment is up for Best Short Drama for Death Wish , which he co-produced with Chad Costen.

Twenty-five dancers will be on the Evergreen Cultural Centre stage on Sunday as part of the 15th annual Korean Dance Festival.

Coquitlam's Stage 43 won the best ensemble cast award for its show Hayfever at last week's Fraser Valley Zone Festival.

Pitt River middle school hosted the annual advanced band festival last week.

When Doris J. Paterson thinks about her artistic life, she uses the metaphor of a pyramid. At first, she painted common themes like flowers, landscapes and portraits, which sold well.

Two Tri-City high school grads will play the roles of best friends to lead characters in the Arts Club Theatre Company's production of Hairspray , which opens on Thursday.

Students from Vancouver's Nimbus School of Recording Arts will team up with Terry Fox secondary next week to document Rock the Fox 2011 at the Port Coquitlam school.

More than half a century ago, Nat "King" Cole played the Hotel Vancouver but, because of racial segregation, wasn't allowed to stay there.

A French school in Port Coquitlam will fete its 25th anniversary with an art show and sale on Thursday. Francophone students from L'Ecole des Pionniers (3550 Wellington St.) will have their work on display starting at 6 p.m.